SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH
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Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH
As a mid-sized senior high in ARLINGTON, Minnesota, SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH caters to 338 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by SIBLEY EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Across the 3 schools in SIBLEY EAST SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,089 students total), SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH shows that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.3:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 35.1%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sibley County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,634, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Sibley County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,034 students), of which SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH is one.
The closest other public school is Sibley East Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.6%.
SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH operates from an outlying location.
Over the past 7-year window. SIBLEY EAST-ARLINGTON SENIOR HIGH's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 338). Over the same period, the White share declined from 72% to 65%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.
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